Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 15:53:10 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Yani Brankov <ian@bulinfo.net> Cc: andrew@squiz.co.nz, database@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mysql 321 - Mysql 322 - msql Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811281551150.457-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <365F6419.41C67EA6@bulinfo.net>
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On Sat, 28 Nov 1998, Yani Brankov wrote:
> Andrew McNaughton wrote:
>
>
> > It's possibly stronger on features, but it's slower than mysql. It is
> > speed he's emphasizing.
> >
>
> Yes. It's much stronger on features, but (i heard, never tried it) mysql
> doesn't have commit/rollback command. It's a very big disadvantage.
The last time this was discussed on the PostgreSQL lists, the
argument went that mySQL can't call itself a true RDBMS because it doesn't
support one thing that was considered to be *crucial* to any
RBDMS...transactions
Whether this is still true or not, I don't know, since I don't use
MySQL...
Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
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